Counter dispensing device



Sept, 25, 1934. H. v. MARSH COUNTER DISPENSING DEVICE original FiledNov. 25. 1952 llllll Il Figure 1.'

Patented Sept. 25, 1934 'y 1,974,926 COUNTER DISPENSING 'DEVICE v gHarryj. Marsh, Chicago, Ill.l Original application November 25, 1932*,Serial Divided and this application September. 13, 1933, Serial No.689,172 n 4 Claims. (01.206-44) v This invention has to do with a devicefor the'storage of articles o'f merchandise and particularly to a devicein which such articles may be exposed for sale and dispensed.

5, Among the objects of'thepresent invention is the provision of Y Acabinet of v sheet material divided -into a plurality of compartmentssuited for systematic arrangement of different articles of merchandise.A device comprising vertically disposed maga- Vzines for holdinguniformly shaped articles of merchandise and having an opening at thebottom of the magazine to discharge merchandise and a shelf ,onto whichthe articles are discharged for display .and sale. l

AAn unique cabinet of sheet material having a discharge opening, adisplay shelf at said opening, and a barrierabout said shelf" te preventaccidental displacement of the merchandise; f An improved form ofdispensing device adapted to` removably receive a Acartridge iilled witharticles of merchandise." A v y Y `Anovel cartridge formerc'handisehaving an inclined wall and a'partition to divide it into compartments.p A A novel combination oi blanks for' forming a counter storage andvdispensing device.

With these and other desirable vobjects in view, the invention ishereinafter described with vreerenceA to oneA embodiment thereof yillustrated in one sheet of drawings accompanying and hereby made apartof this specification, and in which: Figure 1 is a perspective Viewofv one form of dispensing device embodying the invention; l

Figure 2 is a plan View of a blank of sheet material-having' sectionsfoldable to form the housing of the device illustrated in Figure 1;Figure 3 is a' plan `View of a blank ofsheet material foldable intoajshelf support forthe device mentioned;

Figure 4 is a plan View of a blank of sheet material having'sectionsioldable into a cartridge adapted` to holdarticles of merchandise;

Figure 5 is la front elevation, partly in section,'of a cartridge formedfrom Ithe blank shown in -Figure 4j K Figure` 6 is,y aV View of thecartridgevshown in Figure 5 andtaken at the line 5`5 of Figure 5; Figure7 is a vertical section of the cartridge shownin Figure 5 Vand taken atthe line '7-1` in 'thatfigure3an'df" f V.Figurel Vis a Verticalsectionof the device shown in Figure I taken on the line 88'oi;said

Like reference characters will be used throughout the followingdescriptionzand in the drawing to designate similar parts.

lOne embodiment of theV present invention is shown in the singlesheet ofdrawings. `This form is illustrated in Figures land 8. Such formcomprisesV a housing20 of` sheet material that yis foldediinto shapefrom an irregularly cut blank 21 shown in Figure 2. The material of theblank maybe of various characters, heavy lcardboard being suitable fortemporary devices wherein use extending more than a few months is notdesired. .To assemble the housing 20 from the sheet 21, the side section22 and the flaps 23 and 24 are carried.backwardly ninety degrees labouta score or fold line,25. The side section 26 and theiiaps 2'7 and 28.are carried backwardly about a score or fold line 29 and into a planeparallel to the opposite'side 22. The back section 30 is then bent abouta fold line 31 to bring the fold line 32 in juxtaposition tothe extendededge of section 22, whereupon the flap section 33 may be folded upon thescore or fold line 32 to layneatly against the section 22. l y

r1 The bottom for the housing is formed by bending the flaps 24 and 28inwardly ninety degrees upon scores or fold lines 40v and 41, meanwhilemanipulating said flaps so that they can be interlocked by tongues42 and43. Flap 44 may be disposed inl place Vbeneath the flaps 24 and 28 bybending it about the fold line 45. Concurrently the lip 46 may be bentupon the score or fold line 4'7k and `tucked against the inner face ofthe front rsection 48. r Another front section 49-is above theV opening50.

` Below the front section 48 is a support section 51 that is lseparatedfrom a section to form a shelf v52 by a score 53. Apertures 54 andnotches 55y are cut Within the shelf 52.

In Figure '3, a support member 51a for the shelf 52 is shown. Thismember may be of the `same material as sheet 21. At opposite ends of themember or sheet 51a are sections V52a and 54a, the sections beingseparated by scores or fold lines 55a and 56.` Thesuppo'rt sectionproper 57 lies intermediate fold lines 58. The support secftion proper.57. lies intermediate fold lines 58.

Tongues 59 and shoulders 60 extend from the upper edge of section 57.

When the member 51a is assembled with the housing 20, the end sections52a will usually be attached to the lower part of sections 22 and 26 inthe manner illustrated in Figure 1. Other means may be used for securingthe support member to the housing. Support section 51 is broughtupwardly about the fold line 61 to place it in a plane common with thatof section 48. Sections 48 and 51 are the same width so that the foldline 53 is positioned at the lower edge of the opening 50. The slots 54and 55 are 'spaced in the shelf 52 so that they will slide overY thetongue 59 and shoulders 60 when the shelf is placed in a horizontalposition (see Figure 1).

If the space between the support sections 57 and 51 is to be less thanthe width of the shelf 52, as shown, it will be necessary to move thesection 51 and the shelf 52 upwardly before the member 51a is assembledwith the housing.

When the member 51a is collapsed, the shelf 52 will be lifted from thetongues 59 and placed atly against the front of the housing while thesection 57 is carried adjacently to the housing by doubling the sections53a and 54a inwardly in the manner permitted by the fold lines a, 56 and58. When the shelf is in the usable position, that is, when it isengaged with the tongues 59 as illustrated in Figure 1, it entirelyfills the space vbetween the housing and the section 57 so that thesections 53a and 54a are held in a single plane and a rigid support isthereby had for said shelf.

The housing 20 is adapted to receive two cartridges, one of which isillustrated in Figures 4 and 5. -A blank 62 of light cardboard or thelike is divided into multiple sections separated by fold lines. Toassemble a cartridge from the blank 62, the side section 64 is rstcarried forwardly ninety degrees about a score or fold line 65 whichborders the back section 62. Thereafter, in successive operations, thefront section 66 will be moved ninety degrees to the right about thefold line 67; partition section 68 is carried to the rear from fold line69 in the manner illustrated in Figures 5 and 6; back section 70 ismoved about the fold line 71 to lay against the right half of the backsection 63; and right side section 72 is moved forwardly about the foldline 75 to lay against the section 66. The sections may be maintained inthe position described by placing an adhesive material between sections66 and 74 and between sections 63 and 70. Next, section 76 is movedforwardly and upwardly about the fold line 77 to place it contiguous tosection 63, and concurrently to displace bottom section 78 downwardlyabout the fold line 79 so thatit will lie 'against the lower obliqueedge of partition secvmon to the lower edge of back section 63 when Ithey are turned downwardly.

" Figures 5 and 7 illustrate the opening-85 which yis formed at thebottom of the compartments between the lower edge ofv sections 66 and 74and the front edge of the botto-m section 78: Figure 7 showsparticularly the manner in which support sections 76 and 81 hold thebottom section 78 in contact with the lower edge of the partitionsection 68.

Figure 8 illustrates the assembly of the cartridge within the housing.By raising the top flap 36 of the housing, the proper number of cartridges may be slipped into thehousing. It will be noted that the frontedge of the compartment bottoms is supported at the same elevation asthe shelf 52 when the cartridges rest upon the bottom of the housing.Cutaway sections and 86 are provided at the top back edge of cartridgeside sections ,75 and 72 to permit the lip 38 to be inserted into thehousing. Back side 63 of the cartridge does not reach to a height tointerfere withinward disposal of the said lip.

Devices embodying the invention will usually be set upon a storecounter. Other means for supporting the device at a convenient heightfrom theoor may be found satisfactory. Articles of different kinds, suchas dilferent kinds of canned goods, may be stored in the variouscompartments. For example, one kind of canned goods may be placed in onecompartment, another kind in another compartment, and so on. 'I'he cansmay bestacked within the compartments so that the inclined compartmentbottoms will cause the lowermost one to slide or roll outwardly upon theshelf 52 where it may be easily obtained by a store clerk or a customer.It is the purpose of the shelf barrier to prevent any of the articlesfrom slipping from the shelf to the floor. Usually there is a slightdownward inclination from front to back of the shelf upon which thegoods are disposed.

A cartridge provides a convenient way of lling the device. When acartridge in the device is emptied of its contents, it may be replacedquickly by one that is lled. Thus, it is not necessary to stand in asalesroom and place cans individually into the cabinet compartments, or,as an unp-rotable alternative, to take the cabinet from such room forfilling. When emptyrcartons or cartridges are taken from the cabinethousing they may be refilled if thi-s is desired. Inasmuch as thecartridges are inexpensive, they may be discarded.

This application is a divisiony of application serially numbered644,257, led November 25, f

1932, and entitled Counter dispensing device.

What is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent ofthe United States is: 1. A cartridge for holding merchandise and to beinserted into: a dispensing device, comprising a front wall, side walls,and a back wall, the side and back walls having bottom edges inalignment, the front wall terminatingin a plane removed from the alignedbottom` edgesof said side and back walls, and a transverse member in Tsaid carton comprising a main body extending across the interior of saidcartridge and extensions at each side of said main body, said exten,-sions being parallel with the walls of said cartridge and telescopingbetween the side walls/and i back wall thereof, the extension from saidtransverse member at the front of said cartridge Vbeing spaced from theadjacent edge of said front wall to'provide a discharge opening in saidcartridge.

2. The device described in claim 1 and in which *l said transversemember is obliquely disposed, and the front and back extensions of saidtransverse member are of different length.

3. The device described in claim 1, and in "lso iso

section comprising a transverse member in said cartridge interlockingwith said partitioning wall, the other three sections being parallel tothe side and front Walls of said cartridge and having edges in alignmentwith the adjacent edges of said back and side members, and the sectionat the front of said cartridge member being spaced from the short frontwall thereof to provide a discharge orifice in said cartridge.

HARRY V. MARSH.

